Demarai Gray paid an emotional tribute to Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha after his match-winner at Cardiff City as Leicester City began the healing process following the shock death of their chairman last weekend.

Gray swept home the winner in the second half to settle a game that had a special meaning following the tragic helicopter crash outside the King Power Stadium which claimed the lives of five people last Saturday.

There were emotional scenes throughout the day with a poignant minute’s silence involving the entire City camp, plus fan tributes including banners, orchestrated scarf waving and Vichai’s name sung repeatedly during the game, and at the end the entire City entourage stood and applauded the 3,000 travelling fans for over ten minutes.

The scenes following Gray’s goal were amongst the most iconic of the afternoon as he ripped off his shirt to reveal a message of tribute to Khun Vichai and pointed to the skies as his team-mates all raced to celebrate with him in an outpouring of emotion.

“Vichai was the only reason I was on the pitch today,” Gray said afterwards.

“I was putting everything in for Vichai.

Claude Puel acknowledges the fans after the Premier League match between Cardiff City and Leicester City

“Credit to the fans and everyone involved in football for supporting us. They have helped us through this. I think everyone should be proud of themselves.

“It was for Vichai and I think everyone's happy we got a result for him.

“I joined in the January that the club won the league. He was generous, giving and caring. He put other people's happiness before his.

“He was one of those people who was happy when other people were happy.